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Indonesia’s New Capital Is Plagued by Delays and Apathy

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Southeast Asia’s largest economy is finding out just how hard — and expensive — it is to build a new capital city from the ground up.

The core government site with new Presidential Palace in Nusantara, Indonesia, on July 25.
Photographer: Muhammad Fadli/Bloomberg

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By Yang Yang, Naomi Ng, Jessica Beck, and Adriana Tapia Zafra

September 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM UTC

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Indonesia has embarked on an ambitious project to build a new capital city from scratch because Jakarta is overcrowded, polluted and sinking, fast.